Veritas™ System Recovery 21 User's Guide: Linux Edition

To recover a computer

1. If the computer won't boot, start it using Veritas Recovery Disk. If the computer will boot, log on at a terminal window as user root or as a user with administrative privileges .

   See Starting a Linux-based computer using Veritas Recovery Disk.

2. If the recovery point is stored on a remote NFS or CIFS share, configure your network settings and mount the remote NFS or CIFS share.
3. Enter the following command at the server console:

   symsr -r recoverypoint_nameoptions -d destination

   Replace recovery point_name with the name of the recovery point you want to restore. Recovery points have a .v2i or .iv2i file name extension.

   Replace options with the options you want to use with the restore.

   Replace destination with the location where the recovery point is restored. The destination must be a partition or a volume device.

   For example, if you want to restore an independent recovery point named system_000.v2i (the system partition) from the /tmp/path/to directory back to its original location (/dev/sda1), you enter the following command:

   symsr -r /tmp/path/to/system_000.v2i -d /dev/sda1 -active

   Similarly, to restore an incremental recovery point named system_000_005.iv2i from a recovery point set, you enter the following command:

   symsr -r /tmp/path/to/system_000_005.iv2i -d /dev/sda1 -active

   Note:

   The -active option is only used with Veritas System Recovery 21 Linux Edition during a restoration of a system volume. Using the -active option allows the system to boot from a restored volume. Also, in order for a system to boot correctly from a restored system volume, you might be required to fix the Grub boot loader using the grub-install tool. You might also need to update the /etc/fstab.